Popular baby names in New York, 1995

The most popular baby names in New York in 1995 were Ashley for girls (2,057 babies) and Michael for boys (3,908). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 229,861 babies born in New York in 1995 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1995

Names given at least 15 times in New York that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Female: 85 babies, 13.1× the national rate
Malka: 57 babies, 12× the national rate
Rivka: 82 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Chaya: 147 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Chana: 114 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Emely: 64 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Esther: 228 babies, 4× the national rate
Sade: 79 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Thalia: 104 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Shanice: 97 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Male: 90 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Chaim: 91 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Shlomo: 67 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Menachem: 97 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Moshe: 129 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Yehuda: 65 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Salvatore: 109 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Adonis: 105 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Mohamed: 87 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Mohammed: 83 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1995

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1994	US rank
1	Ashley	2,057	–	2
2	Samantha	1,892	↑1	4
3	Jessica	1,853	↓1	1
4	Emily	1,687	↑2	3
5	Amanda	1,578	–	9
6	Nicole	1,484	↓2	19
7	Sarah	1,415	↑1	5
8	Stephanie	1,235	↓1	16
9	Jennifer	1,138	↑1	18
10	Rachel	1,103	↑3	12
11	Danielle	1,029	↓2	24
12	Elizabeth	996	↓1	10
13	Brittany	977	↓1	8
14	Victoria	947	–	20
15	Taylor	942	–	6
16	Alexandra	907	–	26
17	Kayla	903	↑6	11
18	Brianna	894	↑10	21
19	Lauren	816	↓1	15
20	Alyssa	789	↑7	27
21	Alexis	780	↑8	14
22	Michelle	778	↓3	41
23	Rebecca	769	↓3	28
24	Melissa	757	↓7	35
25	Megan	749	↓3	13
26	Christina	722	↓1	45
27	Kimberly	710	↓6	37
28	Katherine	689	↓4	30
29	Courtney	662	↑2	17
30	Tiffany	641	↓4	46
31	Hannah	589	↑3	7
32	Jasmine	586	↓2	25
33	Gabrielle	549	↑3	61
34	Amber	541	↓2	22
35	Maria	526	↑4	44
36	Sara	503	↑2	48
37	Julia	499	↑5	62
38	Kelly	496	↓1	64
39	Shannon	486	↓6	73
40	Olivia	481	↑1	39
41	Allison	462	↓6	34
42	Morgan	443	↑6	23
43	Marissa	441	↑3	53
44	Jacqueline	426	↓4	70
45	Kaitlyn	426	new	42
46	Erin	422	↓1	49
47	Anna	417	new	31
48	Kristen	416	↑1	65
49	Natalie	409	new	51
50	Alexa	402	new	100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1994	US rank
1	Michael	3,908	–	1
2	Christopher	2,903	–	3
3	Matthew	2,744	–	2
4	Nicholas	2,664	–	7
5	Joseph	2,471	–	12
6	Daniel	2,347	–	9
7	Anthony	2,045	–	19
8	John	1,924	–	13
9	Joshua	1,871	↑2	5
10	Brandon	1,809	–	8
11	Ryan	1,802	↑4	15
12	Andrew	1,796	↑1	11
13	Kevin	1,782	↓4	25
14	Justin	1,740	↑4	18
15	David	1,660	↓3	16
16	Jonathan	1,636	↓2	23
17	James	1,588	↓1	17
18	Tyler	1,428	↑1	6
19	Robert	1,376	↓2	22
20	Alexander	1,373	↑1	21
21	Thomas	1,324	↓1	27
22	Brian	1,230	↑3	36
23	William	1,210	↓1	20
24	Jacob	1,196	↑3	4
25	Zachary	1,177	↓2	14
26	Kyle	1,087	–	24
27	Steven	1,039	↓3	37
28	Christian	999	↑1	28
29	Eric	914	↓1	32
30	Jason	810	↑4	41
31	Patrick	768	↓1	43
32	Dylan	765	↑5	34
33	Richard	756	–	42
34	Benjamin	748	↓2	31
35	Austin	736	↑8	10
36	Jordan	715	↑3	29
37	Adam	712	↓2	38
38	Sean	705	↓7	45
39	Samuel	704	↑1	33
40	Aaron	692	↓4	30
41	Timothy	668	↓3	40
42	Jose	610	↓1	35
43	Mark	577	↓1	52
44	Peter	576	↑3	89
45	Jeffrey	557	↑1	64
46	Alex	556	new	47
47	Paul	530	new	71
48	Luis	513	↑1	59
49	Stephen	502	↓5	57
50	Cody	498	↓5	26

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